Umbrella-holder



(No Model.)

P. s. HESSELTINE.

, UMBRELLA HOLDER. No. 287,676.

Patented Oct. 30, 1883.

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rRANcIs's. 'HESSELTINE, or MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS.

UMBRELLA-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,676, dated October 30, 1883.

Application filed April 9, 1883. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, FRANCIS S. HESSEL- which will, in connection with the accompanying drawings, be hereinafter fully described, and specifically defined in the ap' I pended claim.

This invention relates to means for supportingor holding umbrellas when folded, and for receiving the drippings therefrom, when so held, if wetfand it consists in the construc tion and combination of the divers devices embodied therein, as hereinafter more particularly and fully set forth and claimed.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation, showing the upper or pivotal supporting-ring and its holder as secured in place for use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1, the ring being shown depending, as in Fig. 1, by solid lines, and by dotted lines as raised foruse. Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of the lower or fixed supporting-ring. the drip-cup, which is adapted to be interlocked in and supported by the ring shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the ring shown in Fig. 3 and the cup shown in Fig. 4.,the two being shown as interlocked and as in position for use. Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken centrally through the ring and cup in position as shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a perspective view, showing the aforesaid parts as secured in position upon a vertical support, and as supporting an umbrella which is inserted in the ring and cup.

In said views, A represents the upper ring, which is preferably formed of wire and of sufficient size to receive the umbrella, as shown in Fig. 7. This ring is shown as pivotally supported by itsholder B, which is secured by screws to any suitable vertical support. O represents the lower or fixed ring, which is, as shown, formed to be secured to a vertical support, so that its plane shall be permanently at right angles to such support. A drip-cup, D, is formed to be seated in ring 0, and is also formed to be interlockedin said ring by means of coinciding recesses in one and projections in the other, as shown, whereby when the cup is so coincidentally seated in the ring Fig. 4 is a similar view of I it may by a partial rotation thereof be secured from accidental displacement and spilling of the water therein.

These devices. are especially and, in fact, only adapted to be secured to a vertical or' nearly-vertical support, such as a chair, settee-back, wall, or other support such as exist in public halls, theaters, churches, cars, din- 6o ingsaloons, and other places of public resort or assembling where it is impracticable to part with onesumbrella with any well-grounded expectation of ever finding it again, especially if the conditionof the weather renders its pos- 6 5 session desirable.

By this device each person in any public place may have his umbrella safe within sight,

and be relieved from the discomfort of a wet, dripping umbrella near him, and avoid the delay in selecting and risk of recovering it at all from any place of general deposit.

This device is designed, especially, for attachment to the back of a chair or settee, or to any fixed obj ect-as a wall'to hold a single umbrella in such manner that it shall not touch and deface the object nor incommode the sitter, and will retain the drippings from the umbrella in a detachable cup, where it will dry up or may be removed.

One of the peculiar advantages of my invention consists in the fact that the wet umbrella is held out of contact with the vertical support to which rings A and O are attached, as ring A and its holder B isolate the upper portion of the umbrella from such support, and cup D, in which the tip of the umbrella rests, and its supporting-ring O, alsoserve to hold the umbrella aloof from the vertical support, and hence the moisture with which the umbrella may be saturated is prevented from discoloring the varnish or polish which may overlie such support, and which would otherwise be seriously injured and discolored by such moisture. a

- I am aware of Letters Patent of the United States No. 133,809, dated December 10, 1872, for Umbrella-Stands for Church-Pews, and I claim nothing shown or described therein, and, on the contrary, disclaim the, same, my invention being distinguished therefrom in several particulars, especially in'that my dripping-cup and its supporting-ring are only adaptedto be attached to a vertical or nearlyvertical support, while the corresponding described, whereby it may be attached to a vervice in said patent is only designed to be setical Wall and support a drip-cup, and the cured, when in use, to the floor, and while my other having ahinged ring or loop for the supupper ring is adapted to hold the umbrella port of the upper end of the umbrella, sub- 5 aloof from the support, the corresponding destantially as set forth.

vice in said patent is designed to hold it in T 4 T 4 direct contact with the support. FRAL 018 HESSDLTIL I claim as my invention- \Vitnesses: A11 umbrella-holder consisting of two brack- N. SUMNER MYRIOK, 1o ets, one'beiug constructed substantially as de- FRANK W. ROBERTS. 

